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Take a look at this month's articles provided by Island Parent Magazine. Each month you'll find new articles with topics on parenting your children of any age. Written largely by local authors, these articles provide some great perspectives related to parenting, both on and off the island.

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I spoke to a young mother recently who was bemoaning the fact that her daughter, now 12 years old, had made an early start into the eye-rolling teenage years, the ones that once prompted Mark Twain to write “When a chi...

Freshly home from hospital following day surgery, I am nestled in bed surrounded by pillows and tissues and cups of tea, and just dozing off when the doorbell rings.
“Hallooooo…????” It is my daughter, dropping ...

Years ago, when my daughters were on the edge of adolescence, a neglected item of clothing allowed me a moment of time travel. In a burst of spring cleaning, I found one of my old jackets wedged deep in the back of a clo...

When I was small, my grandmother’s garden was a wondrous place. It had a mystical forest, an imposing fort, magic pathways sparkling with fairy dust and giant, fragrant, colourful roses with blooms the size of my head....

As I sit down to write, my social media news feeds are flooded with Earth Day celebrations and suggestions for making the Earth a healthier and more sustainable planet. Acknowledging Earth with its own special day has be...

The first time we went camping with our daughter she was 15 months old and I brought her high chair that straps to a chair, but we used it on the ground. I remember she scooped up a lot of dirt and sticks with her food. ...

And there we stood for what seemed like an hour. He was 13 and not much of a talker. I was 37, a recent single mom to his cousins and not at all prepared for what was about to happen.
I had known him all his life. He ...

Do you know that the greatest predictor of a child’s future success has little to do with their academic ability? Recent research indicates that a child’s beliefs about their ability to learn and think, greatly affec...

Writing this monthly column since February 2017 has been a surprisingly cathartic process. By ripping myself open and displaying my metaphorical guts in an open forum, I discovered the power of vulnerability to change yo...

Oh hey there, city and suburb-dwelling parents. Wise choice to settle your family in an urban zone. On those nights when the idea of making dinner seems impossible, you can have a hot Chinese, Indian, or Italian dinner d...

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